“But little harm
That error does that turns to good at last.”

— Marco Guazzo

È poco male
Quel fallo poi che al fin in ben riesse.
Act V (Filarco).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 295.
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È poco male | Quel fallo poi che al fin in ben riesse.

da Filarco, atto V
Errori d'Amore
Source: Citato in Harbottle, p. 295

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